Potty Training

Hey, as of Saturday I will begin attempting to potty train my 2 year old. She has gone on the potty once in awhile over the last couple months, so I know she is capable of it, but I never really pushed her to do it because I was hoping she would just decide that she wanted to. She is quite an independent spirited little girl; her favourite word is "myself" because she wants to do everything herself. She even changes her own diaper- which is what makes me think she is probably really ready to start training.

So I was just wondering if any of you experienced moms (or just others with childcare experience) have any tips for me? Methods that worked, things that didn't, what I can expect, etc?

I trained my daughter in a day. The key was underwear...no pull-ups. They usually don't like the feeling of wetting their underwear. I devoted the whole day to doing nothing else. I put the potty chair in the middle of the living room and we played in the living room all day...as soon as she started to go I would quickly bring her to the potty chair. I used stickers and candy corn for rewards. By the end of the day she was going there on her own. I was dreading potty training for so long and then it turned out to be pretty easy! Hope it is for you as well! Sounds like she is ready. Good luck!

I have not gone through it yet with my twins, but I have heard people swear by the 3 Day Potty Training method. If you google it the website will come up. I am planning on trying it with my boys when they show signs of readiness.